“You will gain the courage to tell the story you were meant to tell.” Jamie Curtis, Powell, Ohio

Offered February 8-11, 2018, Writers Studio at UCLA Extension is an intensive four days of instruction and writing. Participants choose one of 10 workshops in which they work closely with a professional writer in classes limited to no more than 15.

Courses and Instructors Offered in 2018

Creative Writing Workshops Kicking in the Wall: Writing through Blocks and Creating New Work with Barbara Abercrombie Writing Your Memoir with Samantha Dunn Writing the Personal Essay with Antonia Crane Writing your First Novel with Mark Sarvas Conquering your Story and its Superstructure with Steven Wolfson Writing Memorable Scenes for Fiction and Nonfiction with Billy Mernit

Screenwriting Workshops Writing your First Feature Film with Jon Bernstein Showrunners Bootcamp with Cynthia Hsuing Creating Powerful Scenes and Sequences for the Movies with Corey Mandell Writing the Television Pilot with Phil Kellard

The Writers' Program is a comprehensive university-related writing program open to the public and offering 400 annual writing courses and writing-related services. Our programs provide the tools writers need to tell their stories and discover or develop their full creative potential. We offer courses in fiction, memoir, personal essay, poetry, publishing, writing for the youth market, feature film writing and television writing. Most courses are available online as well as in a traditional classroom setting, where evening, daytime, and weekend offerings make learning convenient for most people’s schedules. Additionally, we offer a 4-day Writers Studio, a writing retreat in Lake Arrowhead, manuscript and script consultations, one-on-one mentorships, scholarships, competitions, master classes, and more.